Tips of Lhasa Tours

Located on the "Roof of the world", Lhasa enjoys a high altitude and plateau environment. As an experienced Tibet tour operator, Tibet Tour highly recommends our tourists search for enough information about altitude sickness before the Lhasa tours. The information related to the notice and tips of Tibet tour might be very useful for tourists.

Tips of Lhasa Tours – Before Enter into Tibet

To prevent the possible altitude sickness, tourists are highly advised to make a good physical preparation before enter into Tibet. Tourists could take some Rhodiola rosea about one week before enter into Tibet. During the first days of Lhasa tours, tourists are advised to stop drinking and exercising so as to adjust to the plateau environment better and sooner.

Before enter into Tibet, tourists should guarantee enough sleeping hours, avoid catching a cold and stop strenuous exercise. Tourists join the Lhasa tours would have various degrees of altitude sickness which might be disappeared in several hours or days. Tourists who suffered heart disease, hypertension, lung disease, asthma, or respiratory system disease are not advised to enter into Tibet Plateau.

Tips of Lhasa Tours – Notes in Lhasa

Photographing is prohibited in most of the monasteries in Tibet. Photo taking might be available in some of the monasteries with payment. Tourists should take off your hat and respect the lamas and regulations in the monasteries during the Lhasa tours.

Lhasa would not be too hot in the summer. The highest temperature in this season might never be higher than 25?. Tourists are highly advised to prepare some warm clothes whenever you are planning to join the Lhasa tours. Besides, tourists planning a Tibet tour to Mt. Everest, Ngari and some other places with an extremely high altitude are suggested to bring some cold-proof staffs, such as the down jacket.

Besides, tourists should also follow the advice of your local guide. Tibetan has a special culture and civilization. Tourists should respect the local customs and tradition.